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America’s leading beverage companies—The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper, and PepsiCo—have announced the launch of the Every Bottle Back program.

Top Beverage Brands Commit to Getting ‘Every Bottle Back’

Coca-Cola, Keurig Dr Pepper, and PepsiCo make significant investments to initiate a four-part program to improve the collection of plastic bottles so they can be made into new ones.

Kellogg, Bear Naked’s Stand-Up Pouch Takes Circular Route to Recyclability

Confronted with questions around sustainability, the flexible packaging industry is working to make recyclable pouches a reality in support of a more circular economy, using the How2Recycle label.

Caution: Environmental Pressures on Packaging Persist

As the kids say, the current worldwide anti-plastics and anti-packaging trend is “a thing.”

Multipacks having eight or fewer cans will be sold in a paperboard wrap.

Coca-Cola European Partners Replaces Plastic with Paperboard for Multipacks

By switching from shrink film to paperboard cartons or wraps for its multipacks across Western Europe, Coca-Cola European partners expects to eliminate 4,400 tons of single-use plastic per year.

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A Glossary of Plastic Packaging

From its onset, the sustainability era has posed a dilemma for users of plastic packaging: how to retain the benefits of plastics and yet be regarded as environmentally responsible.

Five Fundamentals for Navigating Sustainability

Sustainability and plastic waste reduction have come to the forefront of many companies’ strategies and objectives.

The Recycling Partnership has unveiled a roadmap aimed at addressing systemic issues in the U.S. recycling system.

Roadmap Aims to Address Systemic Issues in the U.S. Recycling System

A newly-released report from The Recycling Partnership, endorsed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, seeks to catalyze the transition toward a circular economy for packaging.

Unilever has announced the next phase of its partnership with diversified chemicals manufacturer SABIC.

Unilever/Sabic Partnership Created to Keep Plastic in the Loop

Partnership results in packaging that uses recycled content from advanced recycling technologies for leading brands that include Magnum, Knorr, and REN Clean Skincare.

In the U.K., Fairy is converting its bottles to 100% PCR in its most popular sizes.

P&G Home Care Brands in Europe to Use Up to 100% PCR by Early 2020

P&G announces it will be making 300 million bottles per year for its Fairy dish detergent and Flash and Viakal surface cleaners out of recycled plastic by early 2020.

ID PACK returnable transportation container system

ID Plastics LP: Returnable transportation container system

ID PACK returnable transportation container system from ID Plastics is specially engineered to meet the tough demands of commercial transport. Featuring a top lid, collapsible sleeve, and pallet base, the system can be customized to the specific needs of supplier and factory-to-factory logistic operations whether large or small in size.

Round pizza box now being tested by Pizza Hut is industrially compostable.

Pizza Hut Tests Compostable Pizza Box

On October 23, Pizza Hut will introduce a limited-time test of a plant-based pizza topping served up in a game-changing round pizza box that is industrially compostable.

Dove’s new initiatives will reduce the use of virgin plastic by 23,000-plus tons per year.

Dove’s new initiatives will reduce the use of virgin plastic by 23,000-plus tons per year

Dove announces new initiatives as part of its 2025 commitment to reduce plastic waste, which include a move to 100% recycled plastic bottles, and plastic-free packs for its beauty bar.

A life-cycle analysis of glass jars versus flexible pouches yielded surprising results.

Serendipity Strikes a Third Time with Sustainability

In analyzing the sustainability of the new inverted squeeze pouch for its BBQ sauce, Uncle Dougie’s is surprised to learn of its environmental impact versus glass jars.

As an alternative to single-use bottles, FIJI Water will introduce a new 2.5-gal container for the refrigerator or counter.

FIJI Water Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Reduce its Use of Plastic

Initiatives include the use of 100% recycled plastic in all its water bottles by 2025 and the introduction of 2.5- and 5-gal containers that will reduce its use of plastic by up to 76%.

The new bill restricts the use of tiny plastic toiletries across California hotels and lodging establishments.

Say ‘Good-Bye’ to Single-Use Hotel Toiletries in California

New bill restricts hotels and other lodging establishments from placing small, single-use toiletry bottles in sleeping room accommodations for a reduction of 500 million tiny plastic bottles/year.

Colorado Avalanche mascot, Bernie, displays the new recyclable aluminum cup, launching at the Pepsi Center.

Aluminum Cup to Debut at Sports Arena

Pilot program will produce a limited supply of aluminum cups through 2020 to meet current customer demand from major sports and entertainment venues seeking to replace plastic cups.

The All In On Recycling challenge seeks to make recycling easier for more than 25 million U.S. families.

PepsiCo-led Initiative Raises $25 Million for U.S. Recycling

All in One Recycling challenge raises $25 million to make recycling easier for more than 25 million U.S. families and support a circular economy with investments in infrastructure and education.

Coconut Bliss AFTER the redesign

Vegan Ice Cream Rebrands, Uses 100% Plant-based Packaging

New packaging for Coconut Bliss ice cream products uses graphics that reestablish the brand’s expertise in the category while pioneering a biopolymer-coated paperboard material.

Diamond Award Finalist: P&G’s Liquid Tide Eco-Box

The Tide Eco-Box is the first product launch from P&G Fabric Care’s eCommerce Innovation Group. Dow’s Packaging Innovation Awards’ judges awarded the product a Diamond Award Finalist.

Unilever says it's the first major global consumer goods company to commit to an absolute plastics reduction across its brands.

Unilever to Cut Plastics Across Brand Portfolio by 2025, Commits to Circular Efforts

Unilever, owner of brands including Dove, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton, and Omo has announced ambitious new commitments to reduce its plastic waste and help create a circular economy for plastics.

Coca-Cola Unveils 25% Marine Plastic Recycled Bottle

Coca-Cola Unveils 25% Recycled Marine PET Bottle

On Oct. 3, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or drinks.

Truman’s starter kit consists of four durable PET spray bottles, each with a corresponding cleaner cartridge in four non-toxic varieties, one for each of kitchen, bath, glass, and floors.

Dow Diamond Finalist: Truman’s Concentrated Cleaning Products

Truman’s products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'